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A survey of anticoagulation practice among German speaking microsurgeons – Perioperative management of anticoagulant therapy in free flap surgery
Erhebung über die antikoagulatorische Praxis unter deutschsprachigen Mikrochirurgen – Perioperatives Management der antikoagulatorischen Therapie bei freien Lappentransplantaten
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Background: Anticoagulation is a crucial element in microsurgery. Although various clinical studies and international surveys have revealed that anticoagulation strategies can vary and result in similar outcomes, anticoagulative regimen are far away from standardization. In Germany and german speaking countries standardized anticoagulation protocols concerning free flap surgery do not exist so far.
Methods: To evaluate the current practice of clinics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with specialization in microsurgery we performed a questionnaire surveying the perioperative regimen of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in free flap surgery.
The microsurgeons were interrogated on several anticoagulant, rheologic and antiplatelet medications, their dosage and perioperative frequency of application pre-, intra- and postoperative.
Results: The questionnaire revealed that the used antithrombotic and perioperative regimens varied from department to department presumably based on the personal experience of the surgeon. Multiple approaches are used with a wide range of anticoagulants used either alone or in combination, with different intervals of application and different dosages.
Conclusion: Therefore consensus meetings should be held in future leading to conduct prospective multicenter studies with formulation of standardized anticoagulative and perioperative protocols in microsurgery reducing flap failure to other than pharmacologic reasons.
Hintergrund: Die Antikoagulation stellt ein zentrales Element in der Mikrochirurgie dar. Zahlreiche klinische Studien und internationale Erhebungen zu antikoagulatorischen Strategien weisen eine grosse Varianz bei vergleichbaren Resultaten nach, entbehren jedoch einer Standardisierung. Auch in Deutschland und deutschsprachigen Ländern fehlen bislang standardisierte Regime zur Antikoagulation in der Mikrochirurgie.
Methodik: Zur Erhebung der antikoagulatorischen Praxis unter mikrochirurgischen Kliniken in Deustchland, Österreich und der Schweiz erstellten wir einen Fragebogen zur Erfassung des jeweiligen perioperativen Regimes im Hinblick auf die Antikoagulation bei freien Lappentransplantaten.
Erfasst wurden verschiedene Antikoagulantien, Rheologika und Thrombozytenaggregationshemmer, sowie deren prä-. intra- und postoperative Dosierung und Art der Anwendung.
Ergebnisse: Die perioperativen Regime und verwendeten Antikoagulantien zeigen von Klinik zu Klinik eine große Varianz. Diese Heterogenität scheint am Ehesten auf der Erfahrung des Operateurs denn auf einer evidenzbasierten Datenlage zu beruhen.
Sie zeigt sich sowohl in der Vielzahl der verwendeten Antikoagulantien als auch in der Art ihrer Anwendung und Dosierung.
Schlussfolgerung: Aus der erhobenen Datenlage ergibt sich die Forderung nach Initiierung einer Multi-Center-Studie mit Formulierung eines evidenzbasierten Standards zur perioperativen Antikoagulation in der Mikrochirurgie, so dass sich die Ursachen für Verluste freier Lappentransplantate auf solche nicht pharmakologischer Art reduzieren lassen.
Despite of the achieved success rates in free flap surgery of more than 98% standardized anticoagulative protocols do not exist among german speaking microsurgeons [1], [2].
Facing the promising success rates there seems to be no need for such protocols. But would microsurgeons exclusively rely on their surgical skills? The numerous literature about anticoagulant therapy in free flap surgery answers this question negatively [3], [4].
Besides technical refinements anticoagulation minimizes the risk of intra- and postoperative thrombosis as a cause of flap failure and various antithrombotic agents are used in the perioperative setting among microvascular surgeons [5], [6], [7].
Although national and even international surveys of anticoagulation practice in microvascular surgery have already been published, such a survey does not exist among german speaking microsurgeons [8], [9].
Materials & methods
A questionnaire surveying the pre-, intra- and postoperative regimen was send to hospitals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland specialized in reconstructive microsurgery (Table 1 [Tab. 1] and Table 2 [Tab. 2]). The questionnaire addressed the management of pre-, peri- and postoperative treatment of patients undergoing free flap reconstruction performed by plastic and reconstructive surgeon in german speaking countries. Completion of the survey was voluntary. Monetary compensation was not provided. The microsurgeons were interrogated on several anticoagulant, rheologic and antiplatelet medications. We asked for their dosage, frequency of application and interval from onset of application to start of the surgical procedure, the intraoperative regimen (application at the following time points: procedure start, -end, -start and -end, during the whole procedure, for vessel flushing before anastomosis, immediate after the anastomosis), and postoperative regimen. The following antithrombotic medications were prompted: aspirin, unfractioned heparin, dalteparin (Fragmin® 4 ml/10 ml – Multidose, Fragmin P® 2,500 IU, Fragmin P forte® 5,000 IU), enoxaparin (Clexane® 20/40 mg, Lovenoxm 20/40 mg), nadroparin (Fraxiparin® 0.1–1 ml resp. 1,000–10,000 IU), dextran and hydroxyethyl starch (HES 6%/10%).
Out of 79 departments addressed, 33 surveys were returned successfully. This represents a response rate of 42%. The correlation between flap survival and regime of anticoagulation was not subject of this study. As expected the returned surveys for pre-, peri- and postoperative anticoagulation management showed a range of variability regarding the time of application and as well the medication used.
Preoperative treatment
Four different anticoagulative agents including aspirin 100 mg, dalteparin 2,500 IU (Fragmin P®), enoxaparin (Clexane®) and prednisolon 250 mg (Solu Decortin®) are used to prevent thrombosis without considering differences in duration of treatment. Enoxaprin and dalteparin were identified as the predominantly used agents. 49% of the departments perform preoperative anticoagulation and start their management 12 hrs before surgical intervention (n=16 out of 33). The majority of institutions (56.25%) (n=9 out of 16) use enoxaparin 2,000 IU (Clexane®) as anticoagulant while 43.75% (n=7 out of 16) use dalteparin 2,500 IU (Fragmin P®). In one department aspirin at a dosage of 100 mg (acetylsalicyclic acid) is applied in combination with enoxaparin while in another prednisolon 250 mg is applied in combination with dalteparin. None of the participants use unfractioned heparin, HES 6%, HES 10% (hydroxyethyl starch 60/100 g/l) or dextrane for preoperative anticoagulation. 51.5% of the departments (n=17 out of 33) do not utilize any preoperative anticoagulative treatment (see Figure 1 [Fig. 1]).
Intraoperative treatment
For intraoperative management unfractioned heparin, HES 6% and 10%, low molecular weight dextran (dextran-40) and aspirin are used as anticoagulative agents (see Figure 2 [Fig. 2]).
26 out of 33 departments reported the use of intraoperative anticoagulation indicating 79.8% whereas 21.2% (n=7 out of 33) do not use any anticoagulative medication.
Differences regarding time of application could be observed concerning unfractioned heparin (see Figure 3 [Fig. 3]). In 16 departments unfractioned heparin is used for flushing the vessels before performing the anastomosis with a concentration ranging from 5 to 100 IU/ml. 6 departments apply an additional bolus of unfractioned heparin intravenously after completion of the anastomosis in a dosage ranging from 1,000 IU to 5,000 IU, whereas 4 participants administer unfractioned heparin in a dosage from 1,000 IU to 5,000 IU i.v. only after completion of the anastomosis.
One participant flushes the vessels only in the case of complicated or fragile anastomosis or when thrombus formation occurs.
Another participant administers unfractioned heparin in a dosage of 10,000 IU/24 h during the procedure. 4 departments extend the heparin application via perfusor syringe pump with a dosage rate of 10,000 IU/24 h, 15,000 IU/24 h and 20,000 IU/24 h for 5 respectively 7 days after the operation.
One of the 15 participants reduces the bolus application by half when performing anastomosis in head and neck or when performing a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap for breast reconstruction.
HES 6%/10% and dextrane-40 is administered by 10 participants intraoperatively either during the operation in a dosage rate of 21 ml/h respectively 50 ml/h or starting after the anastomosis or at the end of the operation.
In 8 departments HES and dextrane-40 are co-administered with unfractioned heparin intraoperatively.
Postoperative treatment
All 33 participants reported to perform postoperative anticoagulation routinely. All surveyed anticoagulants are administered in the postoperative setting either alone or in combination (see Figure 4 [Fig. 4]).
Aspirin 100 mg is given in 11 out of 33 departments. In all but one (application twice a day) it is administered once a day with great variability in the onset after the operation and duration of administration.
7 out of the 11 departments start with aspirin administration the day after the operation. 2 departments start at day 4 and 2 departments at day 6. The duration time of application varies from 24 hours up to 6 weeks.
Dalteparin is given by 7 departments with a dosage of 2,500 IU and 5,000 IU once a day for 7 or 10 days respectively until the patient is fully mobilized.
In one department it is given twice in terms of a body weight adapted full heparinization. Aspirin is combined with dalteparin, enoxaparin, unfractioned heparin (continuously via infusion pump), dextran-40 and hydroxyethyl starch in 7 cases, whereas these drugs are administered once a day. One department performs a triple anticoagulation consisting of aspirin, unfractioned heparin and hydroxyethyl starch. Enoxaparin (n=16) is administered body weight adapted and plasma volume expander (n=24; dextran-40 and hydroxyethyl starch 6%/10%) are applied in a dosage of 500 ml/24 h for 3 days (n=3), 5 days (n=9), 6 days (n=1), 7 days (n=3) and 8 days (n=1) after the operation. 7 participants administer plasma volume expander once after the operation.
Unfractioned heparin is administered in 15 departments with a dosage range from 7,500 IU/24 h to 20,000 IU/24 h and a span of duration from 24 hours to 7 days.
Nadroparin is administered by three participants, in two cases until full mobilization and in one case for 5 days. Only one participant uses clopidogrel in a staged manner reducing the concentration from initially 225 mg starting two days after the operation to 75 mg on day 7. One participant combines the anticoagulatory regimen with sympathicolysis of either the upper or lower extremity.
The use of anticoagulative protocols and practices is widely differing and no evidence has been established for the use of one or the other clinical protocol.
Xipoleas et al. could demonstrate a tremendous variability in both the agents used and therapeutic periods employed confirming our results [3]. Despite the plethora of available antithrombotic substances, acetylsalicylic acid, heparin (LMWH and unfractioned heparin), and dextrans are still the most frequently used agents but are controversially discussed [10], [3].
While various clinical and animal studies have revealed the beneficial effects of unfractioned and low molecular weight heparin in prevention of venous thrombosis, Chen et al. [5] could not show a statistically significant effect on the incidence of microvascular thrombosis demanding a prospective randomized study to verify its role in preventing thrombosis in the intraoperative setting [11], [12], [13]. Furthermore one has to bear in mind the small but finite risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia which could lead to flap failure or even loss of limb or life [14].
Although heparin application is associated with a risk of bleeding and hematoma formation this is seemingly due to the applied dosage. Chen et al. [5] could not demonstrate any adverse effect of intraoperative systemic heparin when administered in a dosage of 3,000 units 10 minutes before flap pedicle ligation.
The ideal dose and length of time required for infusion of heparin is still not known, but a number of studies have shown that 72 hours is required for regeneration of endothelium in the area of anastomosis to prevent thrombosis formation [15], [16].
Peter et al. [17] could demonstrate in a rat cremaster model that low-dose aspirin (5 mg/kg systemically) inhibits anastomotic venous thrombosis and improves microcirculatory perfusion.
In our study, aspirin was also applied predominantly in the postoperative setting.
Although dextran is also a commonly used anticoagulant in microsurgery Disa et al. [18] demonstrated that patients receiving dextran had up to a 7.2 times greater rate of developing a systemic complication compared to patients receiving aspirin. This is probably due to its association with a dilutional coagulopathy as well as decreased fibrin clot formation and reduced factor VIII activity [19].
We previously published the relevance and implication of the updated S3-guidelines on prophylaxis of venous thromboembolic events for the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery [20]. In the results section of this paper, general and specific recommendations with regard to plastic and reconstructive surgery are outlined describing an algorithm for application with low molecular weight heparin for thrombosis prophylaxis.
As expected the questionnaire in our survey revealed that the used antithrombotic and perioperative regimens vary greatly from department to department presumably based on the personal experience of the surgeon. Multiple approaches are used, ranging from pre-, intra- and postoperative anticoagulation locally or systemically using low molecular weight or unfractioned heparin, hydroxyethyl starch, dextran or acetylsalicylic acid, either alone or in combination with different intervals of application and a slight trend towards low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), aspirin and hydroxyethyl starch in the perioperative setting. Unfractioned heparin is predominantly used intraoperatively for flushing vessels and as bolus medication after completion of the anastomosis.
However these findings lack the evidence of standardization but could at least indicate a starting point for formulation of standard protocols in future consensus meetings.
The finding that we lack standardized anticoagulative and perioperative regimens in microsurgery should prime surgeons to conduct multicenter, nation- or world-wide surveys, and statistical cost-benefit analysis. In our view it is unlikely that a simple algorithm in microsurgery will be defining antithrombotic prophylaxis in general, rather, consideration and integration of the various pathogenetic aspects, comorbidities and risk factors will have to be included to define individual "standard operating procedures" for a given microsurgical scenario.
Competing interests
All authors disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence (bias) the work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
The authors wish to thank the contributing microsurgeons in particular A. Banic, C. Bollmann, J.C. Bruck, M. Eisenmann-Klein, D. Erni, A.M. Feller, M. Frey, M. Geishauer, G. Germann, P. Giovanoli, D. Goth, N. Heine, B. Hell, T. Hintringer, S. Kämpfen, A. Karlbauer, B.D. Krapohl, R.H. Meffert, C. Meuli-Simmen, H. Millesi, T. Mitschele, Ph. Neff, G. Noever, N. Pallua, B. Pittet, B. Rieck, S. Spilker, U. Steinau, D. Ulrich, C. Zülch and three anonymous responders.
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So this is how it happens. One day, an eagle-eyed reader is doing his usual thing—scanning the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology web site—when he stumbles across notations for an Amazon e-book reader that is undergoing FCC certification testing. The excited reader passes his findings to a tech web site, and suddenly the Internet is agog with the possibilities. Okay, perhaps agog is the wrong term to use; let's just say that we're mildly intrigued.
Such is the case with the future (maybe) Amazon e-book reader, which is currently dubbed the "Kindle." To be frank, we all might be a bit more agog if the thing didn't look like it would fit stylishly alongside a Commodore 64C, but we also realize that it's a prototype and it will probably look better once it gets a black paint job and a racing stripe.
In all seriousness, it makes a lot of sense for Amazon to jump into the e-book reader game. Since the company started years ago as "the earth's biggest bookstore," it's always been best known for media sales, no matter how many lawn mowers and Fiestaware sets it ships out. The company has already made a move into media downloads with its recently unveiled Unbox store, and with e-book competiton coming from strong brands like Sony and possibly Apple, Amazon won't want to be left out in the cold, especially since those companies are both happy with the idea of proprietary DRM schemes.
What does the Amazon Kindle prototype offer? If we can judge by the limited data available, it has similar specs to other e-book readers we've seen. It sports a 6-inch diagonal e-ink display, 256MB of storage, and an SD slot. The size is about the same as a smaller trade paperback. Intriguingly, the Kindle also sports a keyboard that looks to be designed for thumb operation.
Is it real? Well, that's always the big question when you start discussing prototypes someone stumbled across on the web. A big hint that it might mean something popped up not long after the news broke, when the FCC page was abruptly pulled. In its place, a filing (PDF) has been posted, requesting dismissal of the product "due to problems with confidential exhibits listed on the website."
So, we'll rate this one a definite maybe. The real story is not that another e-book reader might hit the market, but that Amazon might be jumping into the consumer electronics game with its own brand. If that happens, let's wish them luck, but let's also hope that their engineers are more capable than their industrial design department.

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[Episcopal Church in South Carolina -- Press Release] The Episcopal Church in South Carolina has filed to remove the state lawsuit filed against it to the U.S. District Court, citing statutory and constitutional issues that need to be addressed by the federal court. The Episcopal Church is also a defendant in the suit and has consented to the removal to the federal court.
The suit, originally filed in South Carolina Circuit Court in Dorchester County by a group that is breaking away from The Episcopal Church, now moves entirely to the federal court system, according to Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr., Chancellor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, which is remaining part of The Episcopal Church.
"We have carefully examined the claims made against The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, and inherent in all these claims are federal statutory and constitutional issues that must be decided in a federal court rather than in South Carolina state court," Mr. Tisdale said.
The plaintiffs, who include a group representing itself as "the Diocese of South Carolina" along with 35 parishes, now have 30 days to respond to the notice of removal. They could seek to have the case remanded to state court, and a federal judge would then have to decide where the case will be heard.
"The federal court, we believe, is the appropriate forum for all the issues involved in these matters to be decided," Mr. Tisdale said.
The breakaway group filed the state suit January 4 seeking control of diocesan and parish property as well as the name, seal and other marks of the Diocese of South Carolina. On January 23, at a hearing held without notice to Episcopal Church leaders , Circuit Court Judge Diane S. Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order that barred anyone other than the breakaway group from using the diocese's official names. To comply with a similar consent order issued thereafter, the local Episcopal Church diocese has been using a working name, "The Episcopal Church in South Carolina."
Mr. Tisdale said that the case involves issues of trademarks, names, false advertising and other matters that are governed by the federal trademark law known as the Lanham Act. It also raises broader issues under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution governing free exercise of religion.
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Meanwhile, in a separate case already before the U.S. District Court, the attorneys for the breakaway group filed a motion on Thursday, March 28 asking the court to either dismiss the case or issue a stay that would put the federal complaint on hold until the state courts can rule on their Circuit Court suit.
Their motion involves a federal lawsuit filed March 5 against Mark Lawrence by the Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg, who is recognized by The Episcopal Church as the bishop of the diocese. Bishop Lawrence announced in October that he and the diocese were "disaffiliating" from The Episcopal Church. In December, the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, announced that Lawrence had renounced his orders and was removed from the ordained ministry of the Church. Local Episcopalians elected vonRosenberg as their bishop at a special convention held January 26.
The federal suit asks the court to stop Bishop Lawrence from continuing to hold himself out as bishop of the diocese, saying his actions violate the Lanham Act, confusing and misleading worshipers and donors and harming the reputation of the diocese.


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The Bowl Championship Series is in its death throes, and few are mourning its passing.
Come next season, the path to the national championship will go through two playoff games, and a blue ribbon panel will pick the lucky participants. It's hardly a perfect system because invariably some worthy school will get left out, but it is a major step toward deciding the title mostly on the field instead of inside somebody's basement computer.
But while the BCS is going down, it may not be going quietly. With a group of undefeated teams jockeying for position, the 16th and last year of the bowl series may be the most controversial of all.
That's not good news for the schools that could be left out. But it could be poetic justice for a system that, while much maligned, seems to have done its job in protecting the college football franchise.
You may not like it, but you will watch. Especially this season when there are four unbeaten teams that can legitimately claim their right to a spot in the title game, and a fifth that comes awfully close.
Leaving a Boise State or Texas Christian out of the equation in other years was easy enough because of their size and schedule. But can a case really be made for Oregon or Florida State to be on the outside looking in this season? How about Ohio State, where Urban Meyer is deep into his second season and still hasn't lost a game?
And don't forget Baylor, which posts a lot of crazy numbers but none crazier than this: The Bears are outscoring opponents by an average of 48 points a game.
All very possible in a season where winning out only guarantees a spot in the title game for the two-time defending champions from Alabama.
"Our goal is to win the national championship, but we don't put that down," Meyer said this week. "There's too many variables involved."
Meyer's team will have to have a few of those variables break its way for Ohio State to move up from its current No. 4 spot in the BCS standings and make the Jan. 6 title game at the Rose Bowl. The same goes for Baylor, which is No. 6 but is just entering the tough part of its schedule.
Imagine, though, the outcry if Florida State runs the table and doesn't make the title game. The Seminoles are currently No. 2 in the BCS, but if Oregon beats Stanford this week the Ducks will almost surely reclaim the second spot they have held most of the season.
"We're just going to keep playing well and let people judge," Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said. "This is a heck of a football team here."
That the BCS is inherently flawed is no secret. The combination of polls and computer rankings to determine the best teams in the country is nonsensical in so many ways that even those involved have trouble explaining how it operates. It had to be replaced not just because no one liked it, but because it had no credibility.
It seems only fitting that in its final season it has the potential to cause even more heartburn than usual.
Much could still change, of course, and make the BCS title game picks more clear-cut. That happened last year in the next-to-last weekend of the regular season when both Oregon and Kansas State fell from the ranks of the unbeaten, clearing a path for once-beaten Alabama to meet Notre Dame in the title game.
It might not take long to begin sorting things out for this season's title game. In what has to be the best Thursday night of college football ever, Oregon plays BCS No. 5 Stanford and Baylor (BCS No. 6) takes on Oklahoma (BCS No. 10). That's followed on Saturday with everyone's No. 1 Alabama playing at home against LSU, the No. 13 team in the BCS rankings.
Still, there's a very real possibility that the season will end with more than one unbeaten team for the first time since 2010. If it ends up with more than two, it will be a lot harder justifying how to keep those teams out than it was then brushing aside TCU in favor of Auburn and Oregon.
Fans will be howling, though it could still lead to some intriguing games. Imagine the traditional Rose Bowl conference pairing on New Year's Day between Oregon and Ohio State, followed five days later by Alabama and Florida State on the same field.
Could happen, with the winners then playing for the real national title. Oh, wait. That's not until next season.
The Bowl Championship Series is in its death throes, and few are mourning its passing.


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NEWS-Wish you were {t}here- Eric Clapton, John Paul Jones Arena, October 12, 2006
Eric Clapton's sold-out show at the John Paul Jones Arena was a parade of talent, with even consummate musicians like Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Cray, and Derek Trucks subordinated under the weight of Clapton's legacy. Tickets were expensive, but one really can't put a price tag on the chance to watch Slowhand shepherd a greenhorn like Trucks along on the path to greatness. In the spotlight for a brief solo on the slow blues "Little Queen of Spades," Trucks' own guitar prowess brought the audience to its feet and demonstrated more narrative ability than Peter Frampton and that bloody talkbox ever could.
The latter half of the set turned into a hit parade, stacking rock radio staples like "After Midnight" and "Wonderful Tonight." But "Layla" was clearly the highlight: the approving roar of the audience overpowered even that explosive opening riff.
Excellent musicianship doesn't necessarily imply excellent showmanship, though; Clapton seemed rather stoic for the entire show, with very little stage presence or audience engagement. In other words, he gives as much of a damn as might be expected of a 61-year-old who at this stage in his career doesn't have to answer to anybody– which is to say, absolutely none at all. But he crossed the watershed point in his rise to pantheon permanence decades ago, and he deserves a thumbs up and a sold-out arena almost by default.
Fortunately, there to pick up the slack in the wake of Clapton's listlessness was electrifying playing from young-buck guitarists Bramhall and Trucks, who were featured just as much as the great man himself. Together they showed that blues-based rock will be able to thrive long after its biggest standard-bearer is gone.
Trucks' slide guitar playing was alternately tender and rhapsodic and showed why he has few peers on the six-string. In comparison, Bramhall's brand of aggressive, dirty Texas blues sounded downright evil. It takes some serious chops to share the stage with Eric Clapton, but these two matched the master note-for-note in the jaw-dropping department.
Clapton isn't God, but he might be Adam, and last Thursday night, he introduced 16,000 people to Cain and Abel.


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The best bites at Maison Kayser are the ones that stay closest to the bread, and the open-faced lunch and dinner tartines are no exception. Here chicken breast joins artichokes, olives, tomatoes, and arugula on a fat slice of a tangy boule. An ample spread of herb mayo becomes the dominant flavor, a sort of Franco-American chicken salad that's kind to mayo lovers and less amenable to those disinclined. But if you're up for a mild chicken and creamy spread kind of lunch, this is the way to do chicken salad right. The price is a little steep at $16, but for the portion, and for the Upper East Side, not unreasonable.
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This past week I sailed the Maine Coast in Penobscot Bay in a Hinckley B-40 yawl with a group of friends old and new. The setting was idyllic, but unfortunately the weather conditions were far from so. We encountered challenging conditions from 2 days of fog to several days of hard driving rain in relatively cold temperatures for this time of year (60's). Oh yes, we did have one sunny day.
Although I've now lived in Maine for over 25 years and my three children were all born here (yes I know the joke about kittens in the oven), I'm still from away. So it wasn't until this trip that I really began to appreciate the virtues of that iconic Maine worker, the lobsterman.
The postal service has a credo about its unwavering dedication to deliver the mail, whether rain or sleet or snow. They are indeed dedicated public servants. But if you had to pick someone in the private sector, could you do better than the Maine lobsterman?
While we were out motoring in the fog and driving rain in Penobscot Bay, navigating our way among the nuns and cans and gongs, the one constant was the hum of engines, both far and near, as lobstermen pulled and set their traps. This was July, with generally warm temperatures and comparatively light seas. Imagine starting work at 4 in the morning and lobstering in the fog and driving rain and cold weather and heavy seas. Is there a harder working individual than the lobsterman, who labors in such difficult conditions to put food on our tables?
Maine's lobstermen have been beset by difficulties in recent years. Rising fuel and bait prices coupled with declining prices for their catch have caught the lobstermen between Scylla and Charybdis. As a result, lobstermen have resorted to one-day tie ups and are even considering unionizing.
Maine is known for its hard-working, thrifty, reliable, independent workforce. Whether it is the lobsterman, woods worker, boat builder, ship fitter, or mill worker, they are respected universally – or almost universally. While sailing in Penobscot Bay for a week in generally trying conditions, I glimpsed what a wonderful resource these Maine workers represent and why they are so worthy of our admiration.
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HENNIKER — In her inaugural address, Gov. Maggie Hassan promised to reinstate funding that was cut from higher education in New Hampshire. Meantime, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are debating whether to raise the gas tax to pay for roads. And the issue of casino gambling has been a constant since the race for governor heated up last fall. But what do voters generally think about these ideas?
The details of these proposals are coming soon, but the latest New England College Poll offers a glimpse at public opinion.
First, on spending: Hassan has strong support behind her idea to put funds back into higher education that was cut from former Speaker Bill O'Brien's budget plan. New England College polled 656 randomly selected registered voters and found a majority of voters support an increase in spending on public higher education in New Hampshire (65% to 23%).
The poll conducted between Jan. 21 and 22, by telephone showed some difference in opinion among men and women but both genders support the idea with men at 59% support and women at 69%.
"In today's political environment, it seems that voters have an interest in some increased investments," says Dr. Ben Tafoya, director of the NEC poll. "Support for increased spending on public higher education is broad, with higher numbers among Democrats (88%) and Unenrolled voters (58%), but significant support among Republican (49%) voters as well.
NEC then asked voters to give feedback to two of the highest profile revenue ideas being debated in Concord.
NH voters strongly endorsed casino gambling by a 54% to 35% margin; 10% said they were unsure. "Governor Hassan has endorsed gambling as a revenue source, and she has warned voters about the impact of casinos opening in Massachusetts," explains Dr. Wayne Lesperance. "Her arguments about our state losing tourism revenues and the increase of social costs with no way to pay for them are apparently resonating with people. The details are important in this debate, but voters in New Hampshire clearly support this nontax concept." By party breakdown, a majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independents support casino gambling.
In addition, when asked if they would support "an increased gas tax to repair and expand the state's roads and bridges" a plurality of voters approved the idea by 49% to 37%, with 13% saying they were not sure. In a party breakdown, 71% of Democrats support the idea, but 54% of Republicans oppose the gas tax hike. Independents are evenly split; 45% support the increase, 44% oppose it.
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Negotiate: Get the salary you deserve
Sure, jobs are scarce, but if you're lucky enough to land one, don't be afraid to negotiate your paycheck. Once a hiring manager chooses you from what is probably the largest pool of candidates she's ever seen, you know you're a top candidate. The current economy won't give you the edge to ask for first-class air travel, but you do have options that can improve your salary outcome.
Don't disclose your pay requirements during the interview process. The first person to provide numbers establishes the range. If you give a number first, the interviewer will either tell you you're in the same ballpark as he is, or you're too high. If you ask for less than the interviewer was considering, you'll probably get it– and never find out you might have earned more. So interviewers always want you to disclose your requirements first. (Do not try to remedy this situation by giving an unreasonably high number because then you will sound unreasonable.)
Your first line of defense is to say you'd like to talk about salary once you have an offer. Still, a good interviewer will persevere. So try asking the interviewer what he would pay someone for this job. Whatever number he gives, you can say, "That will be a fine starting point." (You will ask for more later.)
Do not negotiate until you have an offer in writing. Here's why (and you should remember this for when the tables are turned). Let's say the job pays a salary and a performance bonus, but you don't know about the bonus part. If you do not get a written offer specifying the pay elements before you start negotiating, then you might negotiate a higher base salary but lose a portion of your bonus. That's because the bonus gives your hiring manager some "wiggle room." She can take it off the table before you know you're supposed to receive it. (Then she can report back to her boss and say, "I saved us $5K.") Get the full offer in writing so you know what you have to work with during your bargaining.
Once you have that written offer, ask for a night to think about it and come back with a counter offer. Admittedly, you may hate confrontation and feel you're a poor negotiator, but you have nothing to lose, and you're likely to get more money. Plus you will get better at this each time you try. Remember, almost no one loses a written offer because he asks for more money.
Do your research and plan your attack. To know what to ask for in negotiations, you must know the pay range for your position. Check out salary surveys online and in trade journals. Do not quote any numbers from surveys conducted earlier than 2001. They are inflated. Get more recent information. Talk with friends in similar jobs or recruiters who regularly fill this type of position in your geographic region. Find the top of the salary range and ask for that. Show the hiring manager your research and remind her why you're worth the top of the range.
If you're fortunate enough to find out that your offer already is in the high end of your salary range, then propose taking on more responsibilities so you can ask for slightly more pay. Suppose you're a marketing manager with a background in technical writing. You can say that while most marketing managers pass off technical writing in marketing documents to someone else, you will handle this yourself. This entitles you to ask for slightly more. Know what you need.
Each person is compensated in different ways– and not always monetarily. For instance, if you love what you do, you may not mind earning less than your neighbor with the same degree. Likewise, if you have a shorter commute. Friends can advise you, but you're the one in the job, and you must decide if you want it, regardless of the size of your paycheck. No salary survey can tell you that. Decide what's important to you and what trade-offs you'll make pay-wise, but be honest with yourself. Don't give up being paid more because you hate negotiating. Self-knowledge, good negotiation skills– and a little chutzpah– will help ensure you earn what you deserve starting with your next job.


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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Who Should Sponsor the Pro-Life Club?
Centre College is the most collegial college I know. We do have a range of views, and yet are quite civil to one another about our differences. As anyone who knows academia can testify, this friendly state of affairs is unusual. Still, like nearly every secular faculty we are heavily tilted to the left, though we teach a much more centrist student body.
Last year we were hiring a new dean of the faculty (called a provost some places), which is always a momentous event for a college. In the public Q & A with the candidates, several of us came to ask some particular question of each prospective dean. Some of the questions were clearly quite familiar to the candidates, such as "what would you do to promote racial diversity in the faculty?" All of them were for it, and promised vigorous efforts, which I applaud and have long participated in. My question, though, seemed to catch all of them off guard: "What would you do to promote ideological diversity in the faculty?" All of them said some variety of "I wouldn't," though I am happy to say that our current dean gave the most thoughtful version of "no."
Well, now that abstract issue is having a real consequence for our pro-life students. We have never used abortion as a litmus test for faculty selection, of course, nor even asked about it. Yet it is clear that there is almost no ideological diversity on this crucial issue. Worse, the few professors who do stand out against the consensus have qualms that they might be made to suffer if they buck the trend. An untenured faculty member who considered taking on the students' request said "this is one of the few positions that might actually threaten getting tenure."
The real point of seeking "diversity" is to get people who think differently to work together. All the other kinds of diversity are really just proxies for that goal. Students would be better taught by an ideologically diverse faculty.
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Do you think there's something to the fact that people with terminal degrees are generally not pro-life?
I'd say that something more than a lack of ideological diversity is going on here. Just from the surface, it would appear that higher levels of education lead to a general consensus on the issue of a woman's right to choose.
- 10:46 AM, November 28, 2006
- Gruntled said...
Sure, more educated people tend to be more liberal. Likewise, professional women tend to be pro-choice, and are sometimes touchy about it. Still it is simply not the case that there are NO pro-life Ph.D.s. Even if they get selected against (that is, a prospective professor who put a pro-life organization on his or her c.v. would be less likely to get hired), there are still a few, both at Centre and elsewhere. What is at issue here, I think, is a pervasive sense that there is a consensus on some issues that it is simply impermissable to breach.
- 11:02 AM, November 28, 2006
Fair enough. We all have our shibboleths, and they're not always very helpful.
- 11:27 AM, November 28, 2006
More importantly, why should it matter whether a literature or math professor is pro-life or pro-choice as long as they can teach students those subjects? We should be more concerned with hiring excellent scholars and teachers than whether they support abortion rights.
- 11:50 AM, November 28, 2006
Why would the Sponsor have to be Pro-Life.
I could ask the same thing about a sponsor of a Rugby Club. Does that person have to like Rugby?
Is not the roll of a sponsor to help the students navigate the schools policies and procedures regarding events, funding etc.
I would think that the same person could Sponsor both the Studetn Planned Parenthood Club and the Pro-life Club.
- 12:13 PM, November 28, 2006
While this is a bit of a tangent, I think it would be helpful if there was a mentor-type, faculty or staff, who would be willing to talk with this student and others about the pro-life position. It seems like it would be helpful to have a dialogue before a club of sorts was formed. I've come to wonder how helpful clubs like these are if there are no points of dialogue between those who are pro-life and those who are pro-choice. If there were more helpful ways of dealing with these issues than sequestering ourselves off into various camps, perhaps we could come to some understanding of each other.
While I am pro-choice in terms of legislation, I am also pro-life in terms of my religious beliefs (but I don't think we can legislate those and I don't think we'd even be having this discussion if we were talking about male bodies).
In any case, I do think whether a student is pro-choice or pro-life, he/she should be challenged by his/her education to think more deeply and critically about his/her position, so I would hope there would be someone to follow up with this individual to not only explore this more but to be quite honest about where the faculty is on this and explain his/her position while opening the way for further dialogue.
I know I am continually thankful for the mentors I had at Centre who challenged me on positions I had at the time and who helped me to think more critically and with more compassion.
- 12:58 PM, November 28, 2006
- Gruntled said...
I agree that a sponsor/advisor need not be in full agreement with the position of the organization, though I can say from experience that it sure helps.
I agree, too, that dialogue is good on contested issues, both before and after clubs are created. Still, I think it is legit to have College Democrats and College Republicans, without requiring that the college put them in a Political Dialogue Club. One of the ways that a college promotes critical thinking is by supporting opposing organizations.
- 1:26 PM, November 28, 2006
Is your campus (or any other campus) clear on the educational purpose/objective of the various clubs?
I'd argue that "political position" of the clubs should pretty much irrelevant to the educational purpose.
The purpose of having clubs should be for studetns to be able to develop their leadership/followership skills. This involves doing things like running and participating in meetings, desigining and evaluating programs, producing and following budgets etc.
- 2:23 PM, November 28, 2006
I would question how "diverse" Centre's faculty really is. I've yet to meet an impassioned conservative who proclaims himself or herself so.
- 5:05 PM, November 28, 2006
I think there's a real problem if pro-life faculty don't feel they can sponsor such a club without fear of reprisals. However, it's unclear if the cause of the problem is left-wing censorship or right-wing paranoia (or a combination).
In right-wing literature, it's an article of faith that PC thought police are running campuses and ruining careers. But just because a lot of right-wingers believe that to be commonplace, doesn't establish that it is.
There have been a handful of such cases (and the victims have been both right-wing and left-wing), out of tens of thousands of professors nationwide. But is this really a serious reason not to sponsor a club, any more than the extremely remote chance of being hit by a car is reason not to go for walks? Is there even a single documented case of a faculty member losing their job because they sponsored a right-wing club?
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Gruntled, why not sponsor the club yourself? As others have commented, you don't have to be pro-life to sign the form. And at the colleges I've attended, the duties of faculty sponsorship seemed pretty light; many were in effect absentee advisers, who didn't do anything more than sign a piece of paper once a semester.
Also, although you're a centrist, you take some right-wing positions, such as your opposition to equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. If you don't mind my asking, what repercussions, other than criticism, have you personally suffered because of this?
- 6:14 PM, November 28, 2006
- Gruntled said...
Ampersand, you are right that there is no way to tell whether the feared consequences here would really happen. I have heard of cases of professors being fired for pro-life advocacy, and of several biologists who were not hired when their involvement in creationist groups was brought out. Still, a club sponsor here would probably not lose his or her job. But I could not in good faith tell a junior professor that they would not be looked at askance when tenure decisions came if they were identified with the pro-life cause. I brought speakers on both sides of the "what does the Bible say about homosexual practice?" issue to campus, and have been snubbed as a homophobe ever since.
I haven't agreed to sponsor this group because no one has asked me. I have blogged several times in favor of the centrist position on abortion -- safe, legal, and abhorent -- and support the "95-10" plan to reduce abortions by 95% in ten years (http://gruntledcenter.blogspot.com/2005/12/95-10-is-good-centrist-plan-to-reduce.html). I would if the students asked me, though I think they might prefer a dyed-in-the-wool pro-lifer.
I have not actually opposed homosexual civil unions, and in general have supported the position of the Presbyterian Church on this issue - but that is a post for another day.
- 6:42 PM, November 28, 2006
I have heard of cases of professors being fired for pro-life advocacy, and of several biologists who were not hired when their involvement in creationist groups was brought out.
Do you know of any professors who were fired for being pro-life, whose cases were documented in the media?
As for hiring a creationist to teach biology, that's like hiring a flat-earther to teach geology. Should diversity require universities to hire someone whose beliefs indicate that they're not intellectually competent within their field?
I have not actually opposed homosexual civil unions...
My impression is you oppose legal recognition of same-sex marriage. But you're right, that is a topic for a different post.
I just clicked through and read Bob Martin's article. I think the opening two paragraphs contain a significant intellectual dishonesty. Professor Martin makes it sound as if the primary objection to the Boy Scouts and the ROTC is that they are (allegedly) conservative. In fact, both of them are targeted by activists because they actively discriminate against gays and lesbians. If they held conservative views but did not throw out homosexual (and atheist, in the Boy Scout's case) members, I doubt they'd be targeted by activists to any significant degree.
There's an important distinction between activists targeting a group because the group is conservative, and activists targeting a group because of its public acts against other people.
- 9:11 PM, November 28, 2006
- Gruntled said...
Michael Jones says in Degenerate Moderns that he was fired from a Catholic college for his pro-life activism.
Believing that God created the world and that it evolves by natural processes are not incompatible.
Having one level of government (city schools) exclude another level of government (federal military) because the former objects to the official, democratically created policy of the latter seems to me at least questionable. It would seem perfectly reasonable, for example, if the federal government withheld all federal funds from the city schools as a result.
The Boy Scouts are a private organization with which government has long cooperated, but a government could conclude that it no longer wished to cooperate. Still, a government with the motto "In God We Trust" might reasonably accommodate a private moral development organization which insists that its moral developers believe in God.
- 9:50 PM, November 28, 2006
One more comment, do you think students would be better taught by an ideological diverse faculty or an intellectually diverse faculty?
- 9:58 PM, November 28, 2006
- Gruntled said...
I think an intellectually diverse faculty will reach a variety of ideological conclusions. Talking about them, and "showing their work" of how they reached their disparate conclusions, is among the very best learning situations for students.
- 10:16 PM, November 28, 2006
Believing that God created the world and that it evolves by natural processes are not incompatible.
That one flies pretty readily on the campus where I teach, even though I'm aware it wouldn't on some (or many?).
What is striking is that there is an automatic disgust and such a strong stigma against believing that God could have created the world in a mature state just as the Biblical text claims he created a mature human from the beginning.
I consider it to be it's own brand of snobbery, though polite... perhaps we could call it "intellectual sanctimony."
No big deal to me personally. My own convictions and persuasions are not assaulted, as I've been exposed to, and have been wrestling with the arguments going back even to my freshman year in high school.
But I illuminate this point because, if there is a genuine interest in attaining such ideological diversity at Centre, my employer, or any other college campus, this issue would seem to challenge terminal-degree types' ability to respect a colleague with a differing point of view even more so than the abortion issue could.
Wouldn't it?
- 10:43 PM, November 28, 2006
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- 3:25 AM, November 29, 2006
Thank you for opening an interesting discussion.
Becky J's point about the nature of the club is an important one. While pro-life often means anti-abortion, the growing consistent ethic of life position usually ends up challenging both the left and the right. If the group had - or was open - to such a position, it might be an interesting addition on campus.
When poverty, environmental degradation, war and violence, capital punishment, and care of the elderly and disabled are seen as life issues - and the reduction and adequate provision for crisis pregnancies is emphasized, as in Gruntled's position - the discussion in more nuanced.
We had a speaker on campus this evening on the consistent ethic of life position. Students who attended seemed to be hearing of the concept for the first time. Notably absent were students in our active pro-life student organization. I wish their mentor had sent them.
Re: junior faculty. I was asked to sponsor a club whose (far left) position was beyond both my views and those of the Catholic church - and I was snubbed for not doing it. The lay member of the faculty who did sponsor the group - and took many in-your-face positions against administration - was denied tenure last year.
A site for good consistent ethic of life scholarship is Consistent Life
- 3:30 AM, November 29, 2006
Michael Jones says in Degenerate Moderns that he was fired from a Catholic college for his pro-life activism.
Jones himself seems to vary his story a bit; in this article he says "I was fired for being a whistleblower on sexual issues." Regardless, I can't find anyone but Jones himself substantiating his story.
Believing that God created the world and that it evolves by natural processes are not incompatible.
You've shifted your argument. Earlier, you seemed to object to colleges not hiring creationists to teach biology. Now you've changed the subject from "creationists" to "people who believe in God the creator," but they're not interchangeable terms. Many good biologists believe in God; no good biologists believe in creationism.
Having one level of government (city schools) exclude another level of government (federal military) because the former objects to the official, democratically created policy of the latter seems to me at least questionable. It would seem perfectly reasonable, for example, if the federal government withheld all federal funds from the city schools as a result.
School boards are also elected democratically (or, if not, the people who appoint them are). Why doesn't local democracy also deserve respect?
If the Federal government forced city schools to allow pro-gay organizations to give presentations to students, whether or not the schools wanted such presentations, would you still argue that the Federal government's views must take precedence, out of respect for democracy?
That aside, I agree that when universities defy the federal government, they risk a response to their actions. But I also believe that when the Scouts or the ROTC decide to kick out gays, lesbians and/or atheists, they risk a response to their actions. Is there any logical reason the ROTC or the Scouts should be exempt from the rule that actions have consequences?
The Boy Scouts are a private organization with which government has long cooperated, but a government could conclude that it no longer wished to cooperate. Still, a government with the motto "In God We Trust" might reasonably accommodate a private moral development organization which insists that its moral developers believe in God.
I'm not sure what you mean by "moral developers." That makes it sound as if you mistakenly believe the atheists-only restriction applies only to the leadership positions, when in fact it applies to all Boy Scouts, even the cub scouts.
The Scouts have the right to free speech - but not freedom from consequences.
By the way, courts have ruled that putting "In God We Trust" on money isn't an unconstitutional establishment of religion because the phrase is symbolic and has no policy consequences.
If your argument were true - that "in god we trust" implies government should make particular pro-religion policy decisions - then putting "in god we trust" on money would therefore be unconstitutional.
- 5:24 AM, November 29, 2006
...no good biologists believe in creationism.
(It appears my point is well taken... LOL)
- 6:45 AM, November 29, 2006
- halifax said...
In the particular circumstance under consideration, it is quite possible that the junior faculty member turned down the sponsorship for other reasons (e.g. he/she feels uncomfortable accepting sponsorship of politically partisan organizations whether they are anti-life or anti-choice, flat taxers or 'soak-the-rich' progressives, etc.).
However, the difficulty for 'conservative' faculty actually does arise because it is plain that many at mainstream secular colleges and universities believe that certain issues (abortion, recognition of homosexuals as a distinct group, school prayer, the Iraq war, supporting any Republicans) have already been resolved and, thus, discussion is not only unnecessary but is, in fact, the equivalent of debating the merits of slavery. Calling 'Roe' a confused and incoherent argument justifying the personal opinions of usurping judges, for example, is likely to get one called a sexist. Denying that engaging in homosexual activities gives one a special identity is likely to result in being named a homophobe (sic).
Thus, though not likely to get immediately dismissed, any academic who holds and voices views contrary to the consensus runs the risk of alienating his/her colleagues and jeopardizing his/her chances for tenure by doing so. This doesn't mean that a tenure committee is going to set itself up for a lawsuit by saying, 'we reject this person because of his/her political opinions'. Most professors are given subtle and not-so-subtle hints along the way that they will or will not get tenure, and, thus, it doesn't often even come to an outright denial of tenure.
- 7:13 AM, November 29, 2006
- Gruntled said...
"many at mainstream secular colleges and universities believe that certain issues ... have already been resolved"
- I think that puts it nicely. Few would come out and say that some issues should never be discussed, but it is common to find it taken for granted that some issues have been settled.
- 7:43 AM, November 29, 2006
Interesting. A few years ago one of the students at the overall-extremely-conservative high school where I teach asked me if I would be an advisor to a Young Republicans Club. Much laughter on both sides as we both knew that I would have little sympathy for their positions, but I said that of course, in support of the values of free speech and open debate, I would be happy to be their advisor.
Nothing came of it and I heard months later that the principal had said no to the club on the grounds that it would be "too controversial."
- 12:17 PM, November 30, 2006
- Gruntled said...
Do you think high school should have a lower tolerance for controversy than college?
I admire your spirit of supporting true diversity.
- 1:07 PM, November 30, 2006
I think there has been a lot of confusion as to what this club would really be about...would it be about chastising women who have had abortions, having rallies and holding signs? Definitely NOT. The purpose of having a "pro-life" club (at least in my point of view), would be to:
1. Raise awareness about the many benefits of adoption
2. Provide as much accurate information on both abortion (from both points of view) AND adoption as possible to people who actually want it (no "in-your-face" approach)
As much as I take a "pro-life" stance based on religion, it's really about women. Clinics like Planned Parenthood don't always give women all of the facts about abortion. I recommend that people visit http://www.feministsforlife.org , which has clubs on college campuses across the country: "Feminisits for Life is a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that seeks real solutions to the challenges women face. Our efforts are shaped by the core feminist values of justice, nondiscrimination, and nonviolence." They are "...dedicated to eliminating the root causes that drive women to abortion - primarily lack of practical resources and support - through holistic, woman-centered solutions."
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When NYPD Chief Ray Kelly said "privacy was off the table" following the Boston bombing, we all knew this was a one-way "exchange." It was always going to be average citizens losing out on their privacy. The NYPD would remain unaffected and continue to operate the way it has for years: behind the
thin thick blue line of opacity.
Salon's CJ Ciaramella takes a detailed look at the NYPD's track record on Freedom of Information requests. The results are unsurprising. The public entities that demand the most from their constituents are often the most reluctant to give anything back.
The city's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who is running for mayor, recently released a report asserting that a third of all Freedom of Information records requests to the police department were ignored. The numbers are no surprise to journalists who cover the department, such as Leonard Levitt, a veteran cops reporter who now writes at NYPD Confidential.Levitt's case isn't unique. Others have run into the same officious stonewalling and found it often takes a lawsuit (or the threat of one) to shake anything loose. All Levitt was looking for was Ray Kelly's daily calendar. The department cited "security reasons" when rejecting his request. By this logic, protecting Ray Kelly is more important than protecting the President of the United States, whose calendar is public.
"All I can tell you is that the NYPD does whatever it wants to regarding FOI requests," Levitt said. "Which means they never turn anything over, at least not to me. The only time they did respond was after I got the NY Civil Liberties Union involved."
What isn't rejected outright is simply ignored. Those making the requests are left to decide whether the requested information is worth the time and expense of a lawsuit. The NYCLU has found itself in court time and time again in attempts to pry info loose from the NYPD's grip.
Ciaramella had his own experience with the NYPD's FOI recalcitrance when he sought access to gun discharge reports that might shed some light on the "hail of gunfire" unleashed by the NYPD in the course of bringing down the Empire State Building shooter.
Back in October 2012, this reporter submitted a public records request for the discharge reports filed by NYPD officers over the previous year.
I filed the public records request on Oct. 1. And then waited. On Jan. 11, I received this response:
In regard to your request, for all weapons discharge reports filled [sic] by officers between January 1, 2012 and September 26, 2012, I must deny access to these records on the basis of Public Officers Law section 87 (2)(g) and 87 (2)(e) as such records/information, if disclosed would reveal criminal investigative techniques or procedures, and or are intra-agency materials. Furthermore, these records are also exempt from disclosure as these records on the basis of Public Officers Law section 87 (2)(e) and Public Officers Law 87 (2)(a) in that such records consist of personell records of a Police Officer and are therefore exempt from disclosure under the provisions of Civil Rights Law section 50-a.This is par for the course and not unique to the NYPD. Police forces all over the nation (and the word, for that matter) are notorious for protecting their own. This insular attitude tends to result in the sort of ridiculous arguments detailed above. Protecting officers from public scrutiny always outweighs the public interest because it's the "home team" making the call.
Now, stop and consider this for a second. The NYPD said the public interest of how, when and why its officers use deadly force against the citizens it's sworn to protect is outweighed by the need to protect the privacy of those same officers. Not only that, the public interest was outweighed by the need to protect its investigative techniques.
But this reflexive "cops-first" rejection of Ciaramella's request was particularly brash, seeing as it completely contradicted a previous judicial ruling.
A New York judge ruled two years ago — in response to a NYCLU lawsuit, naturally — that discharge reports are subject to disclosure, do not violate officers' privacy and do not compromise the department's investigative techniques.The NYPD at least tried a different tack with Ciaramella's next discharge report request, denying it because it was insufficiently descriptive of the files requested -- even though it was nearly identical to the previous filing.
This is a systemic problem. FOI requests are ignored, rejected or put on the back burner until someone gets a lawyer involved. If any answer arrives, it's usually months or years down the road and, in many cases, redacted to the point of uselessness.
New York's FOI problem goes all the way to the top. Bloomberg's office has spent significant amounts of time and money battling FOI requests as well.
ProPublica's Sergio Hernandez spent nearly two years trying to obtain emails related to the 2010 appointment of Cathie Black as School Chancellor. (Black was a controversial pick who stepped into the position with no relevant experience after her predecessor suddenly resigned his post.)
When the emails were finally released last week, after a two-year legal battle, they revealed a desperate public relations campaign in which city officials tried to rally support from prominent women — including Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Caroline Kennedy, and Bette Midler — to champion Black's appointment. (I'll admit: never in a million years did I expect my work to result in stories containing the sentence, "Ms. Winfrey couldn't be reached for comment.") In the end, the emails were amusing, slightly enlightening, but largely innocuous.Hernandez points out that much has been made about the last-minute attempt to persuade female celebrities to show their support for the new chancellor, but much less ink has been spilled questioning why the city fought this request for so long, racking up a total of 180 staff hours and costs of over $25,000.
In the very limited defense of the NYPD, all FOI requests are funneled through a single office. This inefficient design can partially be blamed for the extensive delays. But it doesn't excuse the general attitude that citizens need to be an open book while those in charge continue to operate in near opacity. And the inequity keeps getting worse, according to Robert Freeman, executive director of the NY State Commission on Open Government.
"I've been here since 1974," Freeman said. "The track record of the police department, particularly in the last decade, indicates in so many instances a failure to give effect to the spirit and letter of the freedom of information law."There's little hope of any immediate change. Entities like the two discussed are naturally resistant to transparency and sudden movement. The fact that the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg have formed a mutual admiration society over the years indicates that it will remain "business as usual" until a mayor willing to stand up to the police department (and stand up for his constituents) is elected. The last two office holders have been more than happy to indulge the PD's excesses, all the while further isolating themselves from the demands of transparency laws and the people they're supposed to be serving.
"I look back at various mayoral administrations, and my feeling is that there was more of an intent to comply with the law in the era of Mayor [Ed] Koch than there has been since," Freeman continued. "My sense has been that the downward slope began in Giuliani's administration."
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The world of Madrigal is a large place to roam, consisting of four continents they each have their own unique features.
How it all began.. The Prologue
Chapter 1 : The Genesis
Internette was the universe where inexhaustible energy was overflowing, and Rhisis was the God of all Gods who ruled Internette and created a new paradise where there was no agony, feud, pain, etc.
In this new world there was absolute peace.
- Raon, the God of Fire created magma
- Herness, the Goddess of Water created the rivers and oceans
- Iblis, the God of Wind created the air
- Shade, the Goddess of Earth created the land
- Ishirut, the God of thunder created lightning
Finally, they brought life into the new world, and all the creatures, plants, animals, and human beings started to take their first steps towards the new paradise, Neurospace.
Chapter 2 : Invisible Aperture
Rhisis was very pleased for the new world was developing the way he wanted at that time. One day, Iblis, the God of Wind, suggested to Rhisis that he give the human beings something interesting. Progressing with this idea, Iblis created a new creature which looked similar to himself and named it Iblis. The duty of the new Iblis creature was to entertain human beings. However, there was one important thing which Iblis failed to notice - that the new Iblis had its own will.
Chapter 3 : The War of Neo Genesis: "Clawless"
The new Iblis started to have doubts about the new paradise and then began to distrust the Gods. Finally, the new Iblis seperated itself into three parts.
- Iblis of Nothing
- Bubble of Good
- Shade of Evil
Iblis, Bubble, and Shade created a new world which was similar to the paradise which Rhisis created, and transferred everything from the paradise into their new world. Rhisis came to know of this afterwards. He became angry and tried to destroy the new Iblis. But the new Iblis became aware of Rhisis' intentions and declared war against the gods. The war was so great that it rocked the worlds and struck a mortal blow to the whole universe. The paradise which Rhisis created was now destroyed and it was impossible to restore it. Also the world of Iblis, Bubble, and Shade was broken into 6 pieces. Rhisis, who was defeated in the war, disappeared, and the pieces of the broken world were named Madrigal by Iblis, Bubble and Shade. This later became known as the War of Neo Genesis: "Clawless" - and there has never been and will never be another war like this in the future of Madrigal.
Chapter 4 : The Continent of Chaos - Madrigal
There was nothing left in Madrigal due to the big war, Clawless. Therefore Iblis, Bubble, and Shade planted new seeds of life. However, these seeds were different from the ones that Rhisis planted, and they were very unstable. There was confusion, and the feuds in Madrigal began to rise slowly. However, people from other worlds started to flock to Madrigal and made the seeds bloom. Everyone in Madrigal refers to these people as Alien.
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Subtitle of Big Bang Season 4 , Episode 17
I don't quite get it when Penny told a joke and then Amy said "So needy." over the phone holding by Sheldon.
Well from ODO, needy means
poor or emotionally insecure.
I'm not sure if I'm right:
Amy thought Penny is needy because Lenerd left her?
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